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-## NOTE: this is a temporary copy of the release script, which works around the versioning issue
-## TODO(oleg-nenashev): A real fix / release flow rework for https://github.com/kohsuke/winsw/issues/378 is needed
-
-# Do not build tags and feature branches
-skip_tags: true
-skip_branch_with_pr: true
-
-# Project configuration
-image: Visual Studio 2019
-# platform: Any CPU
-configuration: Release
-version: 2.4.{build}
-
-# Automatically register private account and/or project AppVeyor NuGet feeds.
-nuget:
-  disable_publish_on_pr: true     # disable publishing of .nupkg artifacts 
-
-before_build:
-  # Check SDKs
-  - ECHO "Installed SDKs:"
-  - ps: 'ls "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\"'
-  # Generates a temporary SNK. Not for real signing
-  - cmd: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.8 Tools\sn.exe" -k winsw_key.snk'
-
-dotnet_csproj:
-  patch: true
-  file: '**\*.csproj'
-  version: $(appveyor_build_version)
-
-build_script:
-  - dotnet.exe build src\winsw.sln
-  - dotnet.exe publish -f netcoreapp3.1 src\Core\ServiceWrapper\winsw.csproj
-  - dotnet.exe publish -f netcoreapp3.1 -r win-x64 src\Core\ServiceWrapper\winsw.csproj /p:PublishSingleFile=true /p:PublishTrimmed=true
-  - dotnet.exe publish -f netcoreapp3.1 -r win-x86 src\Core\ServiceWrapper\winsw.csproj /p:PublishSingleFile=true /p:PublishTrimmed=true
-
-after_build:
-  - ps: nuget pack WinSW.nuspec -Version $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION
-
-test_script:
-  - dotnet.exe test -f net40 --no-build src\Test\winswTests\winswTests.csproj
-  - dotnet.exe test -f net461 --no-build src\Test\winswTests\winswTests.csproj
-  - dotnet.exe test -f netcoreapp3.1 --no-build src\Test\winswTests\winswTests.csproj
-
-artifacts:
-  - path: 'src\Core\ServiceWrapper\bin\Release\net20\WinSW.exe'
-    name: WinSW.NET2.exe
-  - path: 'src\Core\ServiceWrapper\bin\Release\net40\WinSW.exe'
-    name: WinSW.NET4.exe
-  - path: 'src\Core\ServiceWrapper\bin\Release\net461\WinSW.exe'
-    name: WinSW.NET461.exe
-  - path: 'src\Core\ServiceWrapper\bin\Release\netcoreapp3.1\publish\'
-    name: WinSW.NETCore31
-  - path: 'src\Core\ServiceWrapper\bin\Release\netcoreapp3.1\win-x64\publish\WindowsService.exe'
-    name: WinSW.NETCore31.x64
-  - path: 'src\Core\ServiceWrapper\bin\Release\netcoreapp3.1\win-x86\publish\WindowsService.exe'
-    name: WinSW.NETCore31.x86
-  - path: 'WinSW.$(appveyor_build_version).nupkg'
-    name: WinSW.nupkg
-  - path: 'examples\sample-allOptions.xml'
-    name: 'sample-allOptions.xml'
-  - path: 'examples\sample-minimal.xml'
-    name: 'sample-minimal.xml'